WHEREAS, the State of New Jersey has a compelling interest in combating
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ("HIV") and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
("AIDS") and related blood-borne pathogens; and

WHEREAS, New Jersey ranks fifth in the nation for the number of AIDS
cases reported, has the highest proportion of women living with AIDS,
and the third highest number of pediatric AIDS cases; and

WHEREAS, younger men having sex with men and men having sex with men
of color are at a particularly high risk for infection and minority men
having sex with men now account for a majority of AIDS cases reported
among men having sex with men; and

WHEREAS, African-Americans and Latinos are disproportionately impacted
by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in this State; and

WHEREAS, forty-six percent of all HIV cases in New Jersey are transmitted
through injection drug use; and

WHEREAS, young adults are the fastest growing group acquiring HIV and
related blood-borne pathogens, statistically shown to have been acquired
through injection drug use; and

WHEREAS, as of June 2002, the number of AIDS cases in the State totaled
43,051, indicating that the number of New Jersey residents living with
AIDS has more than doubled in less than ten years;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JAMES E. McGREEVEY, Governor of the State of New
Jersey, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
by the Statutes of this State, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT:

Executive Order No. 45 (Florio) creating the Governor's Advisory
Council on AIDS and Executive Order No. 29 (Whitman) which continued
the Governor's Advisory Council on AIDS are hereby rescinded and are
superceded by this Executive Order.

There is hereby established the Governor's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
and Related Blood-Borne Pathogens, herein referred to as "the Advisory
Council."

The Advisory Council shall consist of the Commissioner of Health
and Senior Services or his designee, the Commissioner of Corrections
or his designee; the Commissioner of Human Services or his designee;
the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance or his designee; the Attorney
General or his designee; two members of the New Jersey Senate to be
appointed by the Senate President; two members of the General Assembly
to be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly; and a minimum of twenty-five
(25) public members appointed by the Governor. The public members
shall include one physician practicing medicine in the public sector;
one physician specializing in infectious diseases; one physician specializing
in pediatric/adolescent HIV treatment; one nurse practicing in the
public sector; one representative from the New Jersey Nurses Association
or the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care; one representative of the
New Jersey Women and AIDS Network or a family planning program; one
medical ethicist; one dentist; one pharmacist or representative of
the New Jersey Pharmacists Association; four persons living with HIV;
three representatives of AIDS services organizations; one attorney
specializing in health care law; one representative of the New Jersey
Lesbian and Gay Coalition; one representative from the Hispanic Director
Association; one representative from the Black Ministers Council;
one representative from the Hospital Association; one representative
of the New Jersey Medical Society; one representative of a Drug Treatment
Service Organization; four representatives from Title I and II Ryan
White Service Areas, one representing the Grantee, City of Newark,
one representing the Grantee, County of Hudson, and two representing
other Title I or II areas from Planning Councils or Grantees. The
public members shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. All members
shall serve without compensation.

The Governor shall select a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from
among the public members.

The charge of the Advisory Council shall be to:

Coordinate planning, policy development, data collection, resource
allocation and Statewide service delivery activities as they relate
to HIV/AIDS and other related blood-borne pathogens;

Recommend policy, legislation and other initiatives which will
address the issues faced by the citizens of New Jersey living
with HIV/AIDS and other related blood-borne pathogens; and

Educate the citizens of New Jersey as to the prevention and
treatment of HIV/AIDS and other related blood-borne pathogens
in attempt to decrease transmission of these diseases.

The Advisory Council shall meet no less than quarterly and report
directly to the Governor, outlining its progress and advising the
Governor of the Advisory Council's recommendations as they relate
to the charge and duties set forth above. The Advisory Council shall
issue a written report to the Governor within twenty-four months of
its initial meeting.

The Advisory Council is authorized to call on any department, office,
division or agency of this State to supply it with records and other
information, personnel or assistance it deems necessary to discharge
its duties under this Order. Each department, office, division or
agency of this State is hereby required, to the extent not inconsistent
with law, to cooperate with The Advisory Council and to furnish it
with such records, information, personnel and assistance as is necessary
to accomplish the purposes of this Order.

This Order shall take effect immediately.

GIVEN, under my hand and seal this 27th day of May
in the Year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Three,
and of the Independence of the United States, the Two
Hundred and Twenty-Seventh.